ID:
508783
Durata (ore):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
ANATOLISTICA
Anno:
2024
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Primo Semestre (23/09/2024 - 17/12/2024)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
The course aims at providing the student with an overview on the political history and the main cultural features of the civilizations of Anatolia, Syria and Levant between the 3rd and the 1st millennium BCE, in their relationship with Mesopotamia and Egypt. It will be mainly based upon written sources, but also archaeological evidence will be considered if necessary, above all for the oldest phases (3rd millennium); ancient documents will be read only in translation, the knwoledge of Ancient Near Eatsern languages is not required. At the end of the course the student should have gained appropriate knowledge of the different historical phases in Western Asia in pre-classical period and should be able to critically approach problems concerning aspects of political ideology as well as of literary and religious culture of the civilizations flourished in this area.
Prerequisiti
None; it is a basic introductory course. A general knowledge of the history of the Ancient Near East is useful, but not necessary.
NB: For students who have no knowledge of the history of the ancient Near East, a Pre-course in Archaeology of the Mediterranean is planned in September, with some classes dedicated to the history of the Near East. Attending this course is highly recommended.
NB: For students who have no knowledge of the history of the ancient Near East, a Pre-course in Archaeology of the Mediterranean is planned in September, with some classes dedicated to the history of the Near East. Attending this course is highly recommended.
Metodi didattici
Lectures with powerpoint presentations.
Verifica Apprendimento
Oral examination: students are requested to study the selected chapters from the suggested handbook and the topics presented and discussed during classes, with the aid of the slides in the powerpoint presentations. The assessment will take into account the knowledge of the contents (up to 70%) and the ability to explain the topics (up to 30%).
Testi
The handbook to be studied for the exam is:
M. van de Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East 3000-323 BC, 3rd edition, Malden - Oxford - Chichester 2016 (only selected chapters indicated by the teachers before and/or during classes).
In addition to this basic bibliography, further reading suggestions will be given in class concerning parts B1-4.
The powerpoint presentations will be available to students on KIRO (https://elearning.unipv.it/).
Students, who already have knowledge of the history of the ancient Near East, are asked to agree on a special study program with the teacher in charge of the course (M. Giorgieri). This alternative program is based on the study of selected chapters of the Oxford History of the Ancient Near East (OUP) and of A. Podany, Weavers, scribes, and kings : a new history of the ancient Near East (OUP, 2022).
M. van de Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East 3000-323 BC, 3rd edition, Malden - Oxford - Chichester 2016 (only selected chapters indicated by the teachers before and/or during classes).
In addition to this basic bibliography, further reading suggestions will be given in class concerning parts B1-4.
The powerpoint presentations will be available to students on KIRO (https://elearning.unipv.it/).
Students, who already have knowledge of the history of the ancient Near East, are asked to agree on a special study program with the teacher in charge of the course (M. Giorgieri). This alternative program is based on the study of selected chapters of the Oxford History of the Ancient Near East (OUP) and of A. Podany, Weavers, scribes, and kings : a new history of the ancient Near East (OUP, 2022).
Contenuti
The following program is organized as a basic introductory course, aimed at students with no or little knowledge of the civilizations of the ancient Near East. Classes will be lectures, where the teacher explains to the students, with the aid of powerpoint presentations, the main contents (facts, names, dates according to written or archaeological historical sources) of selected chapters of the ancient Near Eastern history of Anatolia, Syria, Upper Western Mesopotamia and Levant. The focus is thus on the westernmost part of the Near East, obviously and inevitably with an eye to Mesopotamia in the proper sense (Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria) and Egypt.
NB: Students who have already acquired specific knowledge on the history, civilizations and languages of the ancient Near East and acquired at least 6 CFU in this sector, are asked to contact the teacher in charge of the course (M. Giorgieri) to arrange a specific study program.
The course is divided into different units.
After a general introductory part (prof. M. Giorgieri/M. Capardoni), aimed at presenting the political context of Western Asia in the pre-classical age and the main historical (written and archaeological) sources, the following parts will focus on the different periods of the history of Anatolia, Syria, Upper Western Mesopotamia and Levant during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (prof. M. Capardoni), the Late Bronze Age (prof. M. Giorgieri/M. De Pietri) and the Iron Age (prof. M. De Pietri).
A) INTRODUCTORY GENERAL PART (4 hours)
-Class 1 (6th Nov): General introduction to Western Asia in pre-classical age (3rd-1st millennium BCE): geography; peoples, languages and civilizations; the chronological frame and a brief historical outline (Giorgieri 2 h.)
-Class 2 (8th Nov): The sources for the reconstruction of history and culture of the Western Asia:
a) Writing(s) and written sources in Anatolia and Syria in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC: the cuneiform writing and the Anatolian Hieroglypic script (Giorgieri 1 h.)
b) Archaeological sources (Capardoni 1 h.)
B) POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF WESTERN ASIA BETWEEN 3RD AND 1ST MILL. BCE.: ANATOLIA, SYRIA, UPPER WESTERN MESOPOTAMIA AND LEVANT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HISTORY
B1) Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC; 6 hours)
-Class 3 (12th Nov): The Urban Revolution and the political developments in 3rd Millennium Southern Mesopotamia (Capardoni 2 h.)
-Class 4 (13th Nov): Rise and fall of the urbanisation in Syria (Capardoni 2 h.)
-Class 5 (15th Nov): The Early Bronze Age in Anatolia (Capardoni 2 h.)
B2) Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1600 BC; 6 hours)
-Class 6 (19th Nov): Movements and shifts of populations in Anatolia, Upper Mesopotamia and Syria between the 3rd and the 2nd mill. BCE: Amorites, Hurrians and Indo-Europeans: the written and the archaeological evidence (Giorgieri 1h. + Capardoni 1 h.)
-Class 7 (20th Nov): Nomads and sedentary people: the Middle Bronze Age in Syria (Capardoni 2h.)
-Class 8 (22nd Nov): The political landscape of Anatolia during the MBA (Capardoni 2 h.)
B3) Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1200 BC; 10 Hours)
-Class 9 (26th Nov): The new political scenario in the 16th century and the emergence of new Great Powers in Western Asia: a general introduction
a) Anatolia and Syria (Hatti, Mittani) (Giorgieri 1 h.)
b) Egypt (De Pietri 1 h.)
-Class 10 (27th Nov): Hittites and Hurrians between 16th and 15th century: the Old and Middle Hittite Kingdom; beginning and development of the Mittani Kingdom (Giorgieri 2 h.)
-Class 11 (29th Nov): The Age of Amarna and the end of the Mittani Kingdom in the 14th century (De Pietri 1 h. + Giorgieri 1 h.)
-Class 12 (3rd Dec): The Hittite Empire in the 14th-13th century (Giorgieri 2 h.)
-Class 13 (4th Dec): The Hurrian-Hittite cultural symbiosis: religion and mythology (Giorgieri 2 h.)
B4) Iron Age (ca. 1200-700 BC; 10 hours)
-Class 14 (6th Dec): Anatolian and Syro-Hittite glyptics: a very long history (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 15 (10th Dec): The historical transition between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age in Anatolia and Syria (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 16 (11th Dec): Karkemish: an ancient capital on the Euphrates “surviving” the Late Bronze Age collapse (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 17 (17th Dec): Ugarit, an “international” city at the edge of the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age transition: a system collapsed (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 18 (18th Dec): Writing systems in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: from logographic-syllabic systems to the alphabet (De Pietri 2 h.)
NB: Students who have already acquired specific knowledge on the history, civilizations and languages of the ancient Near East and acquired at least 6 CFU in this sector, are asked to contact the teacher in charge of the course (M. Giorgieri) to arrange a specific study program.
The course is divided into different units.
After a general introductory part (prof. M. Giorgieri/M. Capardoni), aimed at presenting the political context of Western Asia in the pre-classical age and the main historical (written and archaeological) sources, the following parts will focus on the different periods of the history of Anatolia, Syria, Upper Western Mesopotamia and Levant during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (prof. M. Capardoni), the Late Bronze Age (prof. M. Giorgieri/M. De Pietri) and the Iron Age (prof. M. De Pietri).
A) INTRODUCTORY GENERAL PART (4 hours)
-Class 1 (6th Nov): General introduction to Western Asia in pre-classical age (3rd-1st millennium BCE): geography; peoples, languages and civilizations; the chronological frame and a brief historical outline (Giorgieri 2 h.)
-Class 2 (8th Nov): The sources for the reconstruction of history and culture of the Western Asia:
a) Writing(s) and written sources in Anatolia and Syria in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC: the cuneiform writing and the Anatolian Hieroglypic script (Giorgieri 1 h.)
b) Archaeological sources (Capardoni 1 h.)
B) POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF WESTERN ASIA BETWEEN 3RD AND 1ST MILL. BCE.: ANATOLIA, SYRIA, UPPER WESTERN MESOPOTAMIA AND LEVANT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HISTORY
B1) Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC; 6 hours)
-Class 3 (12th Nov): The Urban Revolution and the political developments in 3rd Millennium Southern Mesopotamia (Capardoni 2 h.)
-Class 4 (13th Nov): Rise and fall of the urbanisation in Syria (Capardoni 2 h.)
-Class 5 (15th Nov): The Early Bronze Age in Anatolia (Capardoni 2 h.)
B2) Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1600 BC; 6 hours)
-Class 6 (19th Nov): Movements and shifts of populations in Anatolia, Upper Mesopotamia and Syria between the 3rd and the 2nd mill. BCE: Amorites, Hurrians and Indo-Europeans: the written and the archaeological evidence (Giorgieri 1h. + Capardoni 1 h.)
-Class 7 (20th Nov): Nomads and sedentary people: the Middle Bronze Age in Syria (Capardoni 2h.)
-Class 8 (22nd Nov): The political landscape of Anatolia during the MBA (Capardoni 2 h.)
B3) Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1200 BC; 10 Hours)
-Class 9 (26th Nov): The new political scenario in the 16th century and the emergence of new Great Powers in Western Asia: a general introduction
a) Anatolia and Syria (Hatti, Mittani) (Giorgieri 1 h.)
b) Egypt (De Pietri 1 h.)
-Class 10 (27th Nov): Hittites and Hurrians between 16th and 15th century: the Old and Middle Hittite Kingdom; beginning and development of the Mittani Kingdom (Giorgieri 2 h.)
-Class 11 (29th Nov): The Age of Amarna and the end of the Mittani Kingdom in the 14th century (De Pietri 1 h. + Giorgieri 1 h.)
-Class 12 (3rd Dec): The Hittite Empire in the 14th-13th century (Giorgieri 2 h.)
-Class 13 (4th Dec): The Hurrian-Hittite cultural symbiosis: religion and mythology (Giorgieri 2 h.)
B4) Iron Age (ca. 1200-700 BC; 10 hours)
-Class 14 (6th Dec): Anatolian and Syro-Hittite glyptics: a very long history (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 15 (10th Dec): The historical transition between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age in Anatolia and Syria (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 16 (11th Dec): Karkemish: an ancient capital on the Euphrates “surviving” the Late Bronze Age collapse (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 17 (17th Dec): Ugarit, an “international” city at the edge of the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age transition: a system collapsed (De Pietri 2 h.)
-Class 18 (18th Dec): Writing systems in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: from logographic-syllabic systems to the alphabet (De Pietri 2 h.)
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
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Attending classes is highly recommended. Students unable to attend the course are required to arrange a different program with the teacher.
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